Facebook launched on Wednesday its brand new video chat service, powered by Skype. Users of the social network will soon be able to make video calls directly from their Facebook page. The service will be entirely free.Facebook and Skype have joined forces to add a video call feature to the mega-popular social network. From now on, Facebook users will have a Call button available on their page. Clicking on it will launch the chat window, which... [read news]
Finnish company Nokia launched its newest smartphone on Tuesday, at a conference in Singapore. The new device is the first to use Nokia's own MeeGo platform, but also the last, as the company is planning to drop it in favour of Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 software. The N9 can be operated by a "swipe" of the finger and comes in three colours (magenta, cyan and black). Stephen Elop, Nokia's Chief Executive, unveiled the N9 smartphone at a telecoms... [read news]
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) approved on Monday the use of brand new domain names for websites. The new naming system will make it possible for people to register almost any domain name, as long as they are ready to pay for it. Following this decision, brand names, among other things, will begin to serve as online suffixes. We could get website names ending in .microsoft, .sony or .apple, but we could also get... [read news]
The hacker group Lulz Security continued the electronic attacks on the high level American institution. After they broke the Senate website, Wednesday, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) had the website down. The cause is the Lulz Security cyber attack. At first, the website couldn’t be accessed from New York to San Francisco. Later, the impossibility spread to Bangalore to London and much later the website access wasn’t continue. This... [read news]
Software giant Microsoft previewed an early version of its new Windows 8 operating system at two different conferences, taking place in Taipei and the United States. The new Windows software will run on tablets and mobiles, as well as on desktop computers, and is built around touchscreen features, although it will also work with a mouse and keyboard. The new operating system, which has not been named so far, has a tiled design reminiscent of... [read news]
A service that lets people pay for small purchases through their mobile phone has been made available in the United Kingdom. British consumers now have the option of using their phone to pay for purchases such as a newspaper or a cup of coffee. This easy-to-use service has been named Quick Tap: a payment only requires the users to tap their phones against a reader.The Quick Tap service is offered through a joint venture between mobile operator... [read news]
Sony has launched two tablet computers to compete with Apple's iPad. The devices, entitled only S1 and S2 for the moment, will run the Android operating system. The Japanese company, which unveiled its two new tablets on Tuesday, April 26, is hoping to be able to compete with Apple's innovative iPad. The first of the new tablets will have a 9.4-inch touchscreen and a fairly traditional design. The other tablet will have two 5.5-inch displays and... [read news]
A Sony message to the PlayStation's users warned about an unknown persons who proceed to an illegal and unauthorized intrusion to the network. According to the e-mail information from Sony, this is the reason why the access of the PlayStation account is blocked. The apologies the users for this problem and told them that one they discovered this exterior intrusion, they turned off the services and hired an outside and authorized firm to handle... [read news]
The small business are the first to suffer from the great economic crisis. This is the reasonwhy someone thought that a gadget useful, little and who has little costs might be a greatinvestment on these times.For a small store, card payments system is a very expensive investment. But Jack Dorsey,the inventor of Twitter, thought that you need an iPhone, iPad or a Smartphone and the creditpayment is ready. He made a great gadget for small business... [read news]
